Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Transition Metal Mediated Heterocycle Synthesis and Functionalization
Discussion Leader: Victor Nyagilo (Binghamton University, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Minghao Wang (University of California, Irvine, United States)
"Cu-Catalyzed Hydroamination: Regioselective Functionalization of Pyrazoles"
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Discussion
4:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Wen Xiu (Purdue University, United States)
"[4 + 1]-Cycloaddition Logic for the Total Synthesis of Terpene Alkaloid Natural Products"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Strategies for the Modification of Heterocycles
Discussion Leader: Cameron Berlin (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Joe Edgecomb (University of Wisconsin - Madison, United States)
"Intermolecular Ketyl Radical Coupling Enabled by Electrophotocatalysis"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Christian Oswood (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"A Couple-Close Strategy to Build Complex Fused Heterocycles From Simple Radical Synthons"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Logan Bartholomew (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"New Methods for Core Atom Transformations of Nitrogen Heteroaromatics"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Jagrut Atul Shah (Stony Brook University, United States)
"Exploiting Ligand-to-Titanium Charge-Transfer Phenomenon for Epoxide and Alcohol Deconstruction"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Natural Products and Biologically Active Heterocycles
Discussion Leader: Serena DiLiberti (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Zahra Hasanpour Asheghabadi (DDSS, NIDA, NIH, United States)
"Improvement of the Synthesis of Fentanyl-Hapten For Use in Vaccines As A Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Matthew Diamandas (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Huisgen Rearrangement - A Novel Multicomponent Heterocycle Forming Macrocyclization Protocol"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Brandon Datuin (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, United States)
"Development of Enantiomerically Pure 1,4-thiazepanes and Their Evaluation as Domain- Selective BET Bromodomain Inhibitors"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Jessica Hatt (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor , United States)
"Palladium-Catalyzed C-N Bond Forming Alkene Difunctionalization for the Formation of Protoberberine Alkaloids and Analogs"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Academic and Industrial Careers in Heterocyclic Compounds
Discussion Leader: Jagrut Atul Shah (Stony Brook University, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Academic and Industrial Mentorship
Zachary Wickens (University of Wisconsin, United States)
Dipannita Kalyani (Merck & Co., Inc., United States)
Netgie Laguerre (Novartis, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes